"Privacy Papers for Policy Makers, Vol 2" Released Today

Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a Washington-based privacy think tank founded and co-chaired by Hogan Lovells privacy practice director Chris Wolf, released the newest edition of its Privacy Papers for Policy Makers. This year’s compilation highlights leading privacy writings voted by the FPF Advisory Board to be most useful for policy makers on Capitol Hill and within federal agencies who are focusing on how to improve the protection of personal privacy.

The writings cover a wide array of topics, including recommendations on how to reform notice and choice to empower consumer control over the collection and use of their data; understanding and valuing the use of personal identifiable information and explaining the benefits of “online obscurity”.

The feedback that FPF received from Capitol Hill and other federal agencies after publishing the first edition of this publication demonstrated it was an important resource for policymakers as they explored the myriad privacy issues confronting the public. With that in mind, it is expected that this year’s edition should enlighten leaders with the insights of prominent privacy scholars.

The works featured and digested were selected by members of the Advisory Board of the Future of Privacy Forum (scholars, privacy advocates and Chief Privacy Officers) based on criteria emphasizing clarity, practicality and overall utility. Two of the papers were selected by the chairpersons of the annual Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) to receive the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) award for the best papers presented at the 2011 PLSC event in Berkeley, CA last June.

The authors of the papers will be honored at a Washington, D.C. reception tonight.